WELCOME

It’s whale season!

© DAVE BASSETT

And then the rains came … a challenging time for so many people. It even affects magazine publishers in ways you may not think: how do you present a beautiful garden story when all our gardens have become living quagmires? And do you really want to read about traipsing through the mud on a bushwalk? Never fear, our intrepid writers rose to the task to bring you a look at how to best live with the microclimates in your garden, and where to enjoy a walk when it’s wet underfoot.

Not so many years ago there was just a single hatted-restaurant on the Coast. Now there are six! Read all about the talented sea-change and tree-change chefs who now call the Coast home, and the famous restaurants where they had honed their skills.

I confess to having a fan moment in the lead up to the Words on the Waves Writers’ Festival at Umina Beach when interviewing Bryan Brown about his first book, Sweet Jimmy. It’s a bit of a thrill to discover that he’s just as nice and down to earth to talk to as you may have imagined from his on-screen roles. And his crime stories show just how much of a born storyteller he really is.

Rainforests may be disappearing across Australia but we are fortunate to still have pockets and gullies and forests alive with their history surrounding us on the Coast. Read where to find them and lose yourself in their majesty in the pages of this issue.

Enjoy. c

COAST

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ON THE COVER Catherine Hill Bay photo by Francesco Pecora Lauria